We’ve been working on fixing up our little apartment since we moved in a year and a half ago, and for all the painting, sanding and decorating we’ve done, our smallest bedroom hasn’t seen its fair share of love. At just a touch larger than 4’x 6’, the tiny space comes with it’s own unique décor dilemmas and besides patching holes, painting and tossing in a bed and an Ikea Malm dresser, we’ve left it alone. But for a long time it irked me. The bedspread was too much; the paint color too sea-foamy, but because we may move in the next year, I was hesitant to address it. Then I finally decided to make a day of the project. Having a place I love is important to me, and the benefit of a microscopic room is that it can be painted in a day with a toothbrush if need be, so I took the plunge. Picking a paint color has always been a challenge but it proved even more difficult with such a tiny space. I wanted something light and calming, but not white, because I was planning on pulling the trigger on the pin-tuck duvet of my dreams, and what better place to glean inspiration than from someone who already owned it and was also painting her room? Rachel DeSchepper of Fresh Home shared her thoughts on my pin-tuck problem, so I popped over to her room-redo and loved what she did with a light gray (Benjamin Moore’s Whitestone) in her bedroom. After much obsessing over paint chips, I settled on Benjamin Moore’s Silver Fox, which I loved: not too light too be overlooked, too heavy to make the room look dark, or cold enough to inspire jail cell chic. And no sooner had I gleefully lugged home a gallon, I stumbled upon Shelterpop’s “Paint Color Trends to Move On From”. First on the list? “Greige”. Oy! Click to see the outcome of my mini room redesign! (more…)